donnish
adjective
donnish is spelled D-O-N-N-I-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, donnish means “Characteristic of a university don” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in donnish?
| Letters | 7: D-O-N-N-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is donnish?
Donnish appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of donnish
- more donnish comparative
- most donnish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does donnish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKCharacteristic of a university don.
- 2
Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does donnish come from?
From don (professor) + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).